African people of all ages
Focus your attention on those pages

Reading's a discipline we must embrace
An idle mind is an absolute waste

Literature of every kind
To stimulate and ignite your mind

Romance, suspense, drama or action
Find your niche and your attraction

Real-life stories or simply fiction
Let reading become your legal addiction

A productive way to pass the hour
Education and knowledge is certainly power

Travel to places you've never been
Encounter phenomenon you've never seen

Love, plot, fight or fly
Anything's possible in your mind's eye

A radical way to gain respect
Is to enhance your intellect

Perhaps you'd venture to be a poet
Able to rhym and not even know it

Conveying a message in this way
Draws attention to what we say

Nelson Mandela as a rule
Used various poetry as a tool

Construct a platform for debate
So different opinions you evaluate

Part of a process to legislate
Useful training to litigate

To differ, challenge and disagree
Proves that we are truelly free.

By Crystal Koen